NBA DFS First Look: Tuesday, March 1st - Odds, Salaries, Stats, Projected Starters

The NBA DFS First Look is complete with sortable NBA odds, implied team totals, player statistics, and NBA projected starters to help you get an early start on the upcoming slate. Be sure to check out more RotoGrinders NBA DFS resources later in the day, including our NBA lineup optimizer, NBA expert rankings, and other NBA Premium tools and content.

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NBA Schedule & Vegas Lines

Road Team Home Team Favorite Spread Game Total Road Total Home Total Time (ET)
Detroit Pistons Washington Wizards WAS -3.0 215.5 106.3 109.3 7:00 PM
Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics BOS -7.0 226.5 109.8 116.8 7:30 PM
Brooklyn Nets Toronto Raptors TOR -8.5 218.5 105.0 113.5 7:30 PM
Los Angeles Clippers Houston Rockets LAC -7.0 229.5 118.3 111.3 8:00 PM
Golden State Warriors Minnesota Timberwolves GSW -1.0 232.0 116.5 115.5 8:00 PM
Dallas Mavericks Los Angeles Lakers DAL -5.5 216.5 111.0 105.5 10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Los Angeles Clippers -7.0 118.3 107.4 99.0 HOU 116.1 101.2 100.1
Boston Celtics -7.0 116.8 110.7 97.4 ATL 113.1 98.6 98.0
Golden State Warriors -1.0 116.5 111.6 98.8 MIN 110.3 100.8 99.8
Minnesota Timberwolves 1.0 115.5 111.5 100.8 GSW 104.5 98.8 99.8
Toronto Raptors -8.5 113.5 111.0 96.7 BKN 111.6 99.3 98.0
Houston Rockets 7.0 111.3 107.0 101.2 LAC 108.2 99.0 100.1
Dallas Mavericks -5.5 111.0 110.9 95.8 LAL 110.3 100.4 98.1
Atlanta Hawks 7.0 109.8 114.0 98.6 BOS 105.3 97.4 98.0
Washington Wizards -3.0 109.3 109.1 97.6 DET 113.1 99.1 98.3
Detroit Pistons 3.0 106.3 103.4 99.1 WAS 111.8 97.6 98.3
Los Angeles Lakers 5.5 105.5 108.4 100.4 DAL 107.3 95.8 98.1
Brooklyn Nets 8.5 105.0 111.4 99.3 TOR 110.3 96.7 98.0

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Reggie Jackson LAC 118.3 $8,200 PG $7,000 PG 31.0 29.9 2.3 27% 2% 49% -6% 0.96 0.13 0.92 0.11 HOU
Marcus Smart BOS 116.8 $6,100 PG/SG $6,200 SG/PG 32.7 28.6 -1.4 17% -2% 54% 9% 0.88 0.07 0.89 0.05 ATL
Stephen Curry GSW 116.5 $10,800 PG $9,700 PG 34.8 46.8 -0.2 30% -3% 59% 5% 1.34 -0.03 1.27 -0.03 MIN
Patrick Beverley MIN 115.5 $5,000 PG $4,700 PG 26.2 26.0 0.2 16% 1% 53% 6% 0.99 -0.14 1.02 -0.18 GSW
Fred VanVleet TOR 113.5 $8,500 PG/SG $7,500 PG 38.2 42.6 -6.3 24% 3% 57% -12% 1.11 -0.11 1.07 -0.11 BKN
Kevin Porter HOU 111.3 $6,000 PG $6,100 SF/PG 29.9 30.3 -8.6 23% -3% 51% -21% 1.01 -0.15 0.96 -0.08 LAC
Luka Doncic DAL 111.0 $12,000 PG $10,800 PG/SG 35.4 56.6 1.6 37% 6% 55% -1% 1.60 0.01 1.50 -0.01 LAL
Trae Young ATL 109.8 $10,000 PG $9,500 PG 34.5 49.0 -0.8 34% 0% 59% 5% 1.42 0.05 1.33 0.07 BOS
Raul Neto WAS 109.3 $4,500 PG/SG $5,200 PG 20.7 16.3 8.0 18% -3% 53% 9% 0.79 0.22 0.78 0.25 DET
Cory Joseph DET 106.3 $4,000 PG/SG $3,700 PG 24.5 18.9 2.9 14% -2% 58% -4% 0.77 -0.14 0.76 -0.14 WAS
Russell Westbrook LAL 105.5 $8,300 PG $6,600 PG 34.4 41.1 -2.1 27% 1% 50% -1% 1.20 -0.26 1.13 -0.23 DAL
Patty Mills BKN 105.0 $4,600 SG/SF $4,600 SG/PG 30.8 22.6 -7.3 17% 1% 57% -21% 0.73 -0.11 0.70 -0.07 TOR

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Terance Mann LAC 118.3 $6,200 SG/SF $6,100 SG/SF 29.0 22.7 2.0 15% 0% 57% 1% 0.78 0.18 0.78 0.22 HOU
Jaylen Brown BOS 116.8 $8,700 SG/SF $8,000 SF/SG 34.3 39.3 0.4 30% -1% 57% 3% 1.15 -0.07 1.10 -0.04 ATL
Gary Payton GSW 116.5 $4,200 PG/SG $4,800 SG 16.8 15.9 3.8 14% 3% 68% -3% 0.95 -0.03 1.01 0.02 MIN
D’Angelo Russell MIN 115.5 $7,600 PG/SG $7,800 SG/PG 32.2 37.2 1.2 25% 1% 55% 9% 1.15 -0.05 1.10 -0.05 GSW
Gary Trent TOR 113.5 $6,400 SG/SF $6,500 SG/SF 34.7 29.7 -2.6 21% 1% 55% -5% 0.86 -0.01 0.86 -0.01 BKN
Jalen Green HOU 111.3 $5,500 PG/SG $5,200 SG/PG 30.6 23.9 3.0 23% -2% 51% 4% 0.78 0.10 0.74 0.14 LAC
Jalen Brunson DAL 111.0 $6,500 PG/SG $5,800 PG/SG 32.1 30.7 3.8 22% -2% 58% -1% 0.95 -0.20 0.94 -0.21 LAL
Kevin Huerter ATL 109.8 $4,600 SG/SF $4,900 SG/SF 29.1 21.9 0.9 17% -2% 57% 8% 0.75 0.04 0.73 0.06 BOS
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope WAS 109.3 $4,400 SG $4,400 SG/SF 29.7 22.1 4.3 18% 2% 54% 10% 0.74 0.12 0.74 0.13 DET
Cade Cunningham DET 106.3 $7,500 SG/SF $7,000 PG/SG 31.7 33.8 0.3 27% 4% 49% 0% 1.07 0.07 1.03 0.04 WAS
Austin Reaves LAL 105.5 $3,200 PG/SG $3,700 SG 21.6 12.5 5.0 11% -1% 62% 4% 0.58 0.00 0.58 0.04 DAL
Seth Curry BKN 105.0 $6,400 SG/SF $6,200 PG/SG 34.5 27.9 -5.7 19% 1% 61% 1% 0.81 0.16 0.78 0.16 TOR

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Marcus Morris LAC 118.3 $5,900 SF/PF $5,800 PF/SF 30.0 27.2 -0.9 23% 0% 55% 9% 0.91 0.06 0.88 0.06 HOU
Jayson Tatum BOS 116.8 $9,800 SF/PF $8,900 SF/PF 36.1 46.2 0.7 31% 0% 55% 1% 1.28 -0.10 1.23 -0.12 ATL
Moses Moody GSW 116.5 $3,000 SG/SF $3,500 SG 10.0 6.4 6.8 15% -2% 50% -6% 0.64 -0.10 0.63 -0.10 MIN
Anthony Edwards MIN 115.5 $7,400 SG/SF $6,600 SF/SG 34.6 37.5 -1.2 27% -5% 55% -16% 1.08 -0.34 1.06 -0.30 GSW
Scottie Barnes TOR 113.5 $6,000 SF/PF $5,500 SF/PF 35.1 31.6 -5.4 18% 3% 54% 19% 0.90 0.32 0.91 0.35 BKN
Eric Gordon HOU 111.3 $4,600 SG/SF $3,900 SF/SG 29.7 23.0 3.2 19% 1% 61% -16% 0.77 -0.14 0.73 -0.14 LAC
Reggie Bullock DAL 111.0 $4,500 SG/SF $3,700 SG 25.7 16.2 8.2 13% -1% 58% 8% 0.63 -0.05 0.61 -0.03 LAL
De’Andre Hunter ATL 109.8 $4,600 SF $4,600 SF 28.9 20.7 -0.6 19% -2% 54% 1% 0.72 -0.04 0.70 -0.03 BOS
Corey Kispert WAS 109.3 $4,200 SG/SF $4,300 SF 20.3 13.2 11.8 14% -1% 55% 8% 0.65 -0.02 0.64 -0.02 DET
Saddiq Bey DET 106.3 $6,600 SF/PF $6,300 SF 33.5 30.3 -1.0 21% -3% 52% 11% 0.90 0.09 0.88 0.06 WAS
LeBron James LAL 105.5 $11,200 SF $11,000 SF/PF 36.7 54.1 0.6 31% 3% 61% -6% 1.47 -0.09 1.44 -0.12 DAL
Bruce Brown BKN 105.0 $5,400 SF $5,700 SG 21.7 17.3 9.5 13% 5% 54% 0% 0.79 0.13 0.84 0.08 TOR

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Nicolas Batum LAC 118.3 $4,000 PF/C $4,700 SF/PF 24.6 20.5 -3.3 13% 0% 63% -15% 0.83 0.09 0.85 0.13 HOU
Al Horford BOS 116.8 $5,900 PF/C $6,500 PF/C 28.5 28.9 5.7 16% -1% 55% 16% 1.01 0.01 1.03 0.02 ATL
Andrew Wiggins GSW 116.5 $6,200 SF/PF $5,500 SF 31.7 29.9 -0.8 22% -2% 57% -12% 0.94 -0.16 0.94 -0.12 MIN
Jarred Vanderbilt MIN 115.5 $4,500 PF/C $4,200 PF 25.9 24.1 -3.5 11% 0% 61% -10% 0.93 -0.04 0.98 -0.06 GSW
Pascal Siakam TOR 113.5 $8,900 PF/C $8,300 PF 37.6 43.4 -4.0 25% -2% 56% -20% 1.15 -0.22 1.14 -0.20 BKN
Jae’Sean Tate HOU 111.3 $6,100 PF $6,100 SF/PF 27.5 27.2 1.4 20% 0% 58% 15% 0.99 0.20 0.99 0.21 LAC
Dorian Finney-Smith DAL 111.0 $4,900 SF/PF $4,500 SF/SG 32.8 23.0 1.6 14% -3% 57% 25% 0.70 0.00 0.71 -0.02 LAL
Danilo Gallinari ATL 109.8 $4,900 PF $4,900 SF/PF 23.8 20.3 7.1 18% 4% 58% -2% 0.85 0.04 0.84 0.05 BOS
Kyle Kuzma WAS 109.3 $9,200 PF $8,700 SF/PF 33.5 36.3 4.8 23% 6% 55% 2% 1.08 0.26 1.05 0.22 DET
Jerami Grant DET 106.3 $6,300 PF $5,900 PF 32.2 31.8 -1.0 26% 0% 54% 2% 0.99 -0.04 0.99 -0.04 WAS
Trevor Ariza LAL 105.5 $3,100 PF $3,500 PF 18.9 10.9 -2.8 10% 1% 47% -21% 0.58 -0.18 0.58 -0.17 DAL
James Johnson BKN 105.0 $4,300 PF $5,400 SF/PF 19.8 15.3 7.4 14% 1% 51% -14% 0.77 0.00 0.79 0.02 TOR

Center (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Ivica Zubac LAC 118.3 $6,100 C $5,800 C 24.3 24.6 2.2 16% 3% 68% -5% 1.01 0.25 1.03 0.23 HOU
Robert Williams BOS 116.8 $7,200 C $7,700 PF/C 29.8 31.4 -2.0 12% 2% 73% -11% 1.05 0.09 1.11 0.06 ATL
Kevon Looney GSW 116.5 $4,500 C $4,700 C/PF 21.4 20.8 0.6 13% 3% 58% 6% 0.97 0.23 1.01 0.25 MIN
Karl-Anthony Towns MIN 115.5 $10,100 C $9,300 C 34.1 46.9 -1.7 27% -1% 63% -3% 1.38 -0.08 1.34 -0.04 GSW
Khem Birch TOR 113.5 $3,200 C $3,500 C/PF 18.5 14.1 -3.4 11% -1% 54% -15% 0.76 -0.21 0.81 -0.22 BKN
Christian Wood HOU 111.3 $8,100 C $7,200 PF/C 30.9 37.6 -2.9 24% 2% 57% -4% 1.22 -0.13 1.19 -0.14 LAC
Dwight Powell DAL 111.0 $3,900 C $3,600 C/PF 20.6 16.2 2.9 13% 1% 71% 1% 0.78 -0.01 0.80 -0.01 LAL
Clint Capela ATL 109.8 $6,100 C $6,600 C 27.9 32.4 -2.7 15% -1% 58% 3% 1.16 -0.07 1.20 -0.05 BOS
Daniel Gafford WAS 109.3 $3,600 C $4,800 C 20.7 21.6 1.1 15% 3% 70% 1% 1.04 0.01 1.11 -0.03 DET
Isaiah Stewart DET 106.3 $5,000 C $5,200 PF 26.0 23.3 0.9 14% 0% 54% -2% 0.89 0.06 0.92 0.09 WAS
Dwight Howard LAL 105.5 $4,300 C $4,400 C 14.9 16.0 5.1 14% 3% 64% -10% 1.07 0.20 1.13 0.17 DAL
Andre Drummond BKN 105.0 $6,900 C $6,700 C 18.8 24.5 2.1 17% 3% 55% 2% 1.30 -0.07 1.36 -0.11 TOR

Notable Bench Players

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Luke Kennard LAC 118.3 $4,600 PG/SG $4,600 SG/SF 27.8 22.1 -1.6 16% 1% 62% 17% 0.79 0.18 0.75 0.15 HOU
Amir Coffey LAC 118.3 $3,600 SG/SF $3,800 SF/SG 22.3 16.5 2.4 15% 2% 62% 1% 0.74 0.00 0.73 -0.01 HOU
Robert Covington LAC 118.3 $4,100 PF/C $4,800 PF/SF 28.3 22.6 -8.3 13% 0% 53% 1% 0.80 0.37 0.85 0.42 HOU
Grant Williams BOS 116.8 $3,800 SF/PF $3,700 PF 23.6 15.9 9.1 12% 0% 67% 3% 0.67 -0.04 0.68 -0.02 ATL
Derrick White BOS 116.8 $6,000 PG/SG $5,500 PG 29.8 30.1 -5.2 20% -1% 55% -6% 1.01 -0.10 1.02 -0.05 ATL
Payton Pritchard BOS 116.8 $3,700 PG $4,100 PG/SG 12.7 10.9 5.2 18% 2% 53% 17% 0.86 0.26 0.81 0.24 ATL
Jordan Poole GSW 116.5 $5,200 PG/SG $5,000 PG/SG 28.6 27.4 -5.8 24% 0% 58% -4% 0.96 0.13 0.92 0.15 MIN
Otto Porter GSW 116.5 $4,100 SF/PF $4,000 SF/PF 21.4 21.0 -2.2 15% 0% 60% 9% 0.98 0.07 1.01 0.07 MIN
Damion Lee GSW 116.5 $3,200 SG/SF $3,800 SG 20.2 15.0 -1.7 16% -2% 57% -11% 0.74 0.08 0.74 0.13 MIN
Jaden McDaniels MIN 115.5 $4,000 SF/PF $4,700 PF 26.0 18.9 -4.3 15% 8% 53% 13% 0.73 0.29 0.74 0.24 GSW
Malik Beasley MIN 115.5 $3,300 SG $3,600 SF/SG 25.2 20.4 -7.2 20% 1% 52% 10% 0.81 -0.04 0.77 -0.10 GSW
Naz Reid MIN 115.5 $3,500 PF/C $4,100 C 15.9 17.1 -0.3 21% -6% 57% 1% 1.08 -0.06 1.11 0.01 GSW
Chris Boucher TOR 113.5 $4,300 PF $3,800 C/PF 20.3 20.2 -0.8 17% -7% 57% 11% 1.00 -0.27 1.04 -0.31 BKN
Precious Achiuwa TOR 113.5 $4,000 C $5,600 PF/C 23.2 20.1 1.4 17% 5% 48% 15% 0.87 0.31 0.88 0.28 BKN
Thaddeus Young TOR 113.5 $3,700 PF/C $3,800 PF 14.9 15.8 4.8 18% -1% 56% 2% 1.06 -0.08 1.10 -0.10 BKN
Dennis Schroder HOU 111.3 $5,900 PG/SG $5,500 PG/SG 29.3 26.8 4.1 23% 0% 53% -8% 0.91 0.08 0.88 0.05 LAC
Garrison Mathews HOU 111.3 $3,600 SF $4,200 SF 27.3 20.1 -1.9 15% 0% 62% 1% 0.74 -0.01 0.72 -0.01 LAC
KJ Martin HOU 111.3 $3,700 PF/C $3,500 SF/PF 19.9 17.0 1.4 17% -1% 59% -2% 0.85 -0.13 0.86 -0.17 LAC
Spencer Dinwiddie DAL 111.0 $5,600 PG/SG $5,500 PG 30.0 28.6 -2.3 20% -2% 51% 17% 0.95 -0.05 0.92 -0.02 LAL
Maxi Kleber DAL 111.0 $4,300 PF/C $4,900 PF 25.1 20.6 0.8 13% 4% 58% 1% 0.82 0.21 0.84 0.28 LAL
Josh Green DAL 111.0 $3,000 SF $3,500 SG 14.3 10.5 3.3 13% -4% 57% 7% 0.73 -0.21 0.76 -0.25 LAL
Bogdan Bogdanovic ATL 109.8 $5,900 SG/SF $6,700 SF/SG 29.0 26.1 1.5 20% 4% 56% 7% 0.90 0.27 0.88 0.29 BOS
Onyeka Okongwu ATL 109.8 $4,000 C $4,300 C 21.6 21.2 -1.0 14% 2% 75% 12% 0.98 0.17 1.05 0.17 BOS
Delon Wright ATL 109.8 $3,200 PG/SG $3,500 PG/SG 18.1 14.0 -1.6 11% -1% 57% 28% 0.77 0.10 0.80 0.06 BOS
Rui Hachimura WAS 109.3 $3,400 PF $4,200 SF/PF 18.6 16.4 4.4 20% 1% 56% 8% 0.88 -0.09 0.88 -0.10 DET
Deni Avdija WAS 109.3 $4,900 SG/SF $5,900 SF/PF 23.7 19.6 7.0 15% 1% 54% 0% 0.83 0.02 0.85 0.02 DET
Ish Smith WAS 109.3 $4,200 PG $4,800 PG/SG 15.0 13.3 8.0 19% 2% 46% 6% 0.89 0.06 0.90 0.03 DET
Killian Hayes DET 106.3 $3,900 PG $4,100 PG 24.4 18.4 -1.4 15% -2% 45% -9% 0.75 0.01 0.77 0.04 WAS
Kelly Olynyk DET 106.3 $4,900 PF/C $5,000 C/PF 20.0 22.6 -0.3 22% -4% 51% 15% 1.13 0.09 1.13 0.08 WAS
Marvin Bagley DET 106.3 $3,900 PF/C $4,200 PF/C 21.9 20.5 1.1 18% 0% 52% 6% 0.94 -0.07 0.94 -0.04 WAS
Carmelo Anthony LAL 105.5 $4,800 PF $4,800 SF/PF 26.6 24.0 2.4 19% -1% 59% 4% 0.90 0.07 0.90 0.09 DAL
Talen Horton-Tucker LAL 105.5 $4,500 SG/SF $5,100 SG/SF 25.9 20.2 2.2 18% -3% 50% 8% 0.78 0.12 0.79 0.16 DAL
Malik Monk LAL 105.5 $4,600 PG/SG $4,400 SG 27.0 23.0 -2.4 19% -1% 59% -16% 0.85 -0.13 0.82 -0.08 DAL
Cam Thomas BKN 105.0 $5,000 SG/SF $5,000 SG 19.7 16.3 4.8 21% 4% 52% -5% 0.83 0.04 0.82 0.01 TOR
LaMarcus Aldridge BKN 105.0 $4,500 C $4,600 C/PF 22.7 24.5 -1.6 23% -3% 60% 5% 1.08 -0.09 1.11 -0.09 TOR
Kessler Edwards BKN 105.0 $3,500 PF $3,800 SF 24.1 15.5 -5.4 13% 0% 50% 0% 0.64 0.05 0.65 -0.02 TOR

Legend

Term Description
USG% Percentage of possessions a player used while on the floor this season.
TS% Shooting efficiency from this season.
DK/M DraftKings fantasy points per minute from this season.
FD/M FanDuel fantasy points per minute from this season.
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